Guest guest Posted November 1, 2003 Report Share Posted November 1, 2003 Jann, welcome. The Epsom salts serve to relax the bile ducts and allow the stones to slip through them with less pain. They also help to clean out your digestive tract so that it's easier to see (and collect) the gall- stones should you want to. It is possible to do the cleanses without the Epsom salts. Applying heat to your gall-bladder region with a hot pad, or some of those adhesive heating pads the sell for back or menstrual pain will also help to relax the bile ducts. Valerian is a good herbal relaxant, and could be very useful to you at this time, you might want to take a capsule with every meal and just before bed for 24-36 hours prior to doing your cleanse. Lots of things other than Epsom salts serve to clean out the digestive tract and I'm sure you can think of something that works well for you. You might also try an enema or two to help this and you could do a cleanse that involves a raw-fruit-and-vegetable diet for the 24 hours leading up to the cleanse and lots of apple juice. Read through LOTS of cleanse recipes and see what has helped others. You could look through the group archives as well and see how malic acid helps people and well as the value of Flax Seed Oil, Lecithin, and Milk Thistle. I hope this helps you, Jann. This group has proved to be very valuable for my family and myself and I am glad to be able to help any new member here. Luci --- In gallstones , " jannberger " <jannberger@y...> wrote: > Hello. I am a new member, having just joined. I had my very diseased > gall bladder removed 18 months ago. Last week, I had a gall stone > problem from my liver duct. A visit to the doctor confirmed my > suspicions, which I did not tell her until she diagnosed. I think I > have another one, had terrible pain last night, and weakness, today. > My Tai Chi instructor, also a " doctor of Chinese medicine " has his > wife fast and take lemon juice, olive oil, and " other ingredients " for > gall stones. The recipes I find on the internet all contain Epsom > salts, which I cannot take because I am allergic to sulfates. Are > there any other alternative medicine treatments that have worked for > any of you? I also deal with fibromyalgia, and am eager to feel > better and get on with life! > > Jann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2003 Report Share Posted November 1, 2003 Hi Jann, Welcome to the list. I'm so sorry that you have this problem and are facing such an urgent decision. There have been a lot of people come and go on this list who insisted that since doctors don't believe gall stones can be formed in the liver, that they must not be. I wish they could read your first hand account, but be that as it may... You need help now. The quick fix has already been described very well in the previous response to your post - a flush. I want to describe a way to prevent this and other health problems in the future. Learning what makes your body healthy or unhealthy in the long run is the way to start taking charge of your health. Then, putting changes into your eating and living routine is a life long process. Change things one at a time, or two or three manageble changes that you can sustain. This will allow you to form new habits at a rate that will allow success. If you try to change everything overnight, you may not succeed before you get discouraged and frustrated and go back to the habits that have made you unhealthy Vince --- In gallstones , " jannberger " <jannberger@y...> wrote: > Hello. I am a new member, having just joined. I had my very diseased > gall bladder removed 18 months ago. Last week, I had a gall stone > problem from my liver duct. A visit to the doctor confirmed my > suspicions, which I did not tell her until she diagnosed. I think I > have another one, had terrible pain last night, and weakness, today. > My Tai Chi instructor, also a " doctor of Chinese medicine " has his > wife fast and take lemon juice, olive oil, and " other ingredients " for > gall stones. The recipes I find on the internet all contain Epsom > salts, which I cannot take because I am allergic to sulfates. Are > there any other alternative medicine treatments that have worked for > any of you? I also deal with fibromyalgia, and am eager to feel > better and get on with life! > > Jann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 2, 2003 Report Share Posted November 2, 2003 Sorry Jann. Alan means well, but obviously he didn't read that you can't take Epsom salts. There is a lot of valuable information in Dr. 's books and on CureZone.com as well as the archives of this group. The other cleanses are really important too, but when you are in acute pain it's probably best to do flush out your liver and ducts and then get to work on the others when you've gotten rid of some of the pain. Sounds like you have a great resource in your Tai Chi instructor, I hope you can incorporate what he advises with what you find here. Luci Hello. I am a new member, having just joined. I had my very diseased > gall bladder removed 18 months ago. Last week, I had a gall stone > problem from my liver duct. A visit to the doctor confirmed my > suspicions, which I did not tell her until she diagnosed. I think I > have another one, had terrible pain last night, and weakness, today. > My Tai Chi instructor, also a " doctor of Chinese medicine " has his > wife fast and take lemon juice, olive oil, and " other ingredients " for > gall stones. The recipes I find on the internet all contain Epsom > salts, which I cannot take because I am allergic to sulfates. Are > there any other alternative medicine treatments that have worked for > any of you? I also deal with fibromyalgia, and am eager to feel > better and get on with life! > > Jann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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